different between oinker vs linker

English

Etymology

oink +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

oinker (plural oinkers)

1. Someone or something that oinks.
2. (slang, countable) A pig: an animal of the genus Sus.
3. (derogatory slang, countable) A pig: a fat person.
   • 2002, Mo Hayder, The Treatment, Doubleday, ?ISBN, page 302,

     "What an oinker," someone whispered off screen. Then something Caffery couldn't understand, which ended clearly with the word "flabby."

4. (derogatory slang, countable) A pig: a dirty or slovenly person.
5. (derogatory slang, countable) An MCP; male chauvinist pig.
   • 2006, Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam, ?ISBN, page 150,

     The slug they dug out of him was a .22. A woman's gun? Or was I being a sexist oinker?

6. (derogatory slang, countable) A pig: a glutton.
   • 2005, Jacqueline Meadows, Something Wanton, Ellora's Cave Publishing, ?ISBN, page 95,

     "I know I'm being an oinker but I didn't get lunch today." My ravenous gaze fell to his half-eaten hotdog. "You going to finish that?"

7. (derogatory slang, countable) A pig: a police officer.
   • 1998, Jessica Speart, Tortoise Soup, HarperCollins, ?ISBN, page 40,

     "Hi. I'm Rachel Porter, with Fish and Wildlife," I said.

     "So you're the new oinker, huh?" he commented, squinting up at me.

Synonyms

• (all senses except 1): pig

Anagrams

• Kieron, kerion, kernoi

English

Etymology

link +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l??k?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(?)

Noun

linker (plural linkers)

1. That which links.
2. (software compilation) a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
3. (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
4. (grammar) A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
5. (finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.

Synonyms

• link editor

Derived terms

• linker DNA

Translations

Verb

linker (third-person singular simple present linkers, present participle linkering, simple past and past participle linkered)

1. (genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.
   • 1994, Ray Shillito et al., "Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells", US Patent 5770450, page 52:

     38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).

Anagrams

• Kerlin, klerin, relink

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?r

Adjective

linker (not comparable)

1. left

   Er zit een vlek op je linker broekspijp.

   There’s a spot on your left trouserleg.

Inflection

Synonyms

• links

Antonyms

• rechter

Adjective

linker

1. Comparative form of link

German

Etymology

From Middle High German linc, lenc also: linkisch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??k?/
• Hyphenation: lin?ker

Adjective

linker (not comparable)

1. left

Declension

Derived terms

• halblinks, links, linksdrehend, Linkshänder

Related terms

• Linke
• links

See also

• rechter